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Meanings of holdup in English

Portuguese
assalto
Catalan
assalt a mà armada
Spanish
asalto

Robbery at gunpoint.

        assalto
        Portuguese
        atraso
        Catalan
        demora
        Spanish
        retraso

        The act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time.

              atraso
              Usage of holdup in English
              1
              The really great immediate universal emergency to-day in America is the holdup.
              The Ghost in the White House / Some suggestions as to how a hund...
              2
              They were too well dressed, he decided, to be ordinary holdup men.
              The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
              3
              Ostensibly, the holdup is coming from the end of the movie studios.
              Wired
              4
              Then it all started with the holdup of that Shiloh Tool outfit?
              Man on the run
              5
              Three did, but the others fled, triggering rumors of an attempted holdup.
              American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
              6
              Whatever the holdup is, I can't watch him lose any more blood.
              The Hunger Games
              7
              The embargo issue was the final major holdup before a deal was sealed.
              Reuters
              8
              He will need a few years to learn the art of holdup play.
              The Guardian
              9
              It was an ideal country for a holdup; lonely and lawless.
              Flowing Gold
              10
              Police are looking for two bank robbers after an armed holdup in Whangarei.
              Radio NZ
              11
              At the center of the holdup is the proposed budget for Season 3.
              Reuters
              12
              Harvath took that as a good sign this wasn't a holdup.
              The apostle
              13
              Netflix product team member Roma De explains the holdup in a blog post.
              Wired
              14
              This is the second holdup here at the Notch this summer.
              Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life
              15
              Of course he doesn't expect the holdup-notin the papers anyhow.
              Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
              16
              Then I heard Chase call out, This is a holdup, friends.
              Savage
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              Holdup across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common